Washing-machine applicator



H. SIEBEN. WASHING MACHINE APPLICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED'FEB. 10, 192].

Patented; Apr. 111, 1922.

HENRY SIEBEN, 01E KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE APPLIGATOR.

Application filed. February 10, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SIEBE'N, a citizen of the United States,.residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machine Applicators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to washing machine applicators or agitators and means for mounting the same. The invention contemplates the provision of means for causing a reciprooatory and a rotary motion to be imparted to the applicator or agitator by suitable mechanism, the applicator itself being constructed so that a suction will be created against the clothes with which it comes in contact so the water to be forced through the mesh of the fabric to be cleaned.

Means is also provided for effecting yielding contact between the applicator and the clothes so that in the event that the pile of clothes within the washing machine receptacle is uneven, the applicator may have sufficient give to prevent of the parts.

The novel construction of the preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the applicator and its mounting, part of the top of the receptacle being shown 1n section.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the applicator.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the connection between the applicator and its actuating stem, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a bearing screw.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals,

1 designates a portion of the top of a clothes receptacle, the construction of which may partake of any conventional form. Supported upon the top of the clothes reoeptacle is a standard 2, having a loop 3 rigid therewith to receive the barrel 4 rigid on the stem 5, which actuates the applicator. The drum or enlarged portion 4 is probinding or breaking Specification of Letters Patent.

plurality as to cause Patented Apr. '11, 1922.

Serial No. 443,915.

vided with a spiral groove 6, adapted to be engaged by the rotatable anti-friction ring 7 on the screw 8, which engages the loop 3.

he upper reduced portion of the stem 5 carries a coil spring 9, one end of which bears against the drum 4 and the other against a washer 10 resting against the bearing 11 through .which the upper extremity of the'stem 5 projects. The bearing 11 is carried by a yoke 12, having a bearing 13 at its lower end, through which the lower portion 14 of the stem 5 projects. The yoke is adapted to be reciprocated through the medium of an eccentric'15 on a drive shaft 15.

The stem 14 projects through the top of the receptacle and has on its lower end oppositely disposed pins or projections 16 and 16, which work in longitudinal slots 17 and 18 in the barrel 19 on the applicator disk 20. The applicator of concavo-convex portions 21, the concave portions being on the under face of the disk 20 and between the concave portions are perforations 22, as will be clearly apparent by reference to Figs. 1 and'2.

The concavo-convex portions 21 constitute suction cups and on the under face of the disk 20 are radially curved corrugated ribs 23 which tend to exert a rubbing action against the clothes.

The lower end14 of the stem 5 is in line with a coil spring 24, one end of which is adapted to bearagainst the end 14 and the other against the floor of the-barrel 19.

When the shaft 15 is rotated, a reciprocatory action will be communicated to the yoke 12, causing a reciprocation of the stem or shaft 5'. Since the shaft rotates idly in the bearings 11 and 13 and since the antifriction device 7 on the screw 8 is rotated in the groove 6, it will be apparent that an upand-down motion of the yoke 12 will cause a corresponding motion to the shaft or stem 5 and likewise a rotating motion, due to the inter-engagement between the screw pin 8 and the groove 6. Therefore, both a rubbing and suction action will be imparted to the disk 20.

The up-and-down movement of the disk 20 will cause a suction created by the cups 21 and the openings 22 will cause water to be forced through them, creating a'circulation through the meshes of the clothes. The partial rotative movement of the disk 20 will disk 20 is provided with a cause the corrugated, radially curved ribs or blades 23to exert a rubbing action against the clothes to loosen the dirt carried thereby. It will be apparent that the applicator will cause considerable agitation of the water Within the receptacle as well as an appreciable rubbing action against the clothes so that the dirt may be easily removed therefrom.

If the applicator comes in contact with a lumpy batch of clothes, the barrel 19 will have a reciprocatory motion, independent of the stem 5; that is, it may move relatix e to the stem 5 against the spring 24:. This will prevent binding or breaking of the parts due to the yieldability of the applicator with respect to the stem.

What I claim and ters Patent is:

desire to secure by Let- 1. An applicator for washing machines comprising a stem, and a disk connected to said stem, said disk having suction cups pressed from the bottom portion thereof and provided with openings between the suction cups.

2. An applicator for washing machines comprising a stem, a disk connected to said stem, said disk having suction cups pressed from the bottom portion thereof and provided with openings between the suction cups, and-radial, corrugated blades on the under side of the disk.

3. An applicator for Washing machines comprising a disk having alternate perforate and imperforate sections, the imperforate sections being concaved to form suction cups,

tion cups, radial blades projecting from the disk and separating the perforate and imperforate sections, and means for actuating the disk.

4. An applicator for washing machines comprising a disk having apertures and suca barrel on said disk, a stem movably connected with the barrel, and a spring in the barrel for cushioning operative thrust of the stem relative to the disk.

5. A washing machine applicator comprising a disk having downwardly opening cups formed therein, simultaneous vertical and rotary movement to the disk, and curved blades on the under face of the disk, partially surrounding the edges of the cups.

6. A washing machine prising a disk having cups formed therein, means for imparting simultaneous vertical and rotary movement to the disk, and curved blades on the under face of the disk, partially surrounding the edges of the cups, the under edges of the blades being corrugated, whereby surge and agitation of water impinged by the-blades is effected during operation of the disk.

7. A washing machine applicator comprising a disk having downwardly opening cups formed therein, means for imparting simultaneous verticaland rotary movement to the disk, and a pair of curved blades for each cup extending from near the center of the disk about opposite sides of the cups.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' HENRY SIEBEN.

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